This weeks show: Animal Reverence. We need to take action now for all life. Originally Broadcast on October 1, 2011, now available on the Archives Section of this Blog.

Protecting our Natural World should be easy. It only takes Motivation.

Part I: My interview with Author, Journalist Karen Dawn, who wrote the now world renowned book, “Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking The Way We Treat Animals.”THANKING THE MONKEY

“And can it be that in a world so full and busy, the loss of one small creature makes a void in any heart, so wide and deep that nothing but the width and depth of vast Eternity can fill it up.” — Charles Dickens

To say that the act of wrongful practices within what is dubiously termed “scientific research” involving animal testing is harmful to both humans and to the entire animal world is an understatement. This is a heinous practice that took hold during the Third Reich reign in Europe, as mad scientists were testing their chemical warfare and other diabolical inventions on both the human prisoners and on animals.

Why has the U.S. Government not bothered to ask the simple question of whether or not this junk science is worthy of billions of hard earned tax dollars… and even safe to rely upon? What about the ETHICAL questions of gruesome testing habits and horrifying practices? Where do these questions ever get asked or responded to in public Debates or interviews?

Why the silence from compliant, under-educated Media talking heads who know nothing about this shameful waste of money and life?

Is this acceptable, reasonable, or even progressive? How can every single elected member to both the Congress and the Senate turn a blind eye to this horrifying waste of tax payer money and of innocent living beings? The suffering is evident. The lies and deception are unmistakable. So why the ignorance continued?
One of the best blogs/websites that clearly explains the horrors that have got to immediately be addressed publicly is this one: Great Website on Animal Suffering Explained To Motivate Humans To Take ACTION

Why would anyone STILL be so ugly, ignorant, downright stupid and pathetic to still wear a fur skin that was literally ripped off the body of another living being? Who ever deemed this “glamour?” A hideous reality is behind every piece of Fur skin, whether it be a fur collar or a full fur length coat: Don’t be so damn ugly to think you look cool with blood on your soul.

The hideous horror behind every Fur garment is beyond what most people can even imagine. Be a voice for these innocent, sentient beings.

Who are the Dummies who wear fur without the brain cells to ask about the suffering, blood, horror behind a murdered and chemically processed living being?

1.) Please always ADOPT and never buy an animal from a breeder, store front, internet, etc. Why? The suffering that the surplus of animals has caused is astronomical, and the “puppy mills” and other “animal mills” that these animals are mostly from are factories of filth, abuse, neglect, and fear. ALL of these factories should be ILLEGAL in every State, but the wheels of logic in our over-bloated Government turn way too slowly. YOU, the Consumer, need to be the voice of change for these innocent living beings who are suffering right now as I write this blog entry.

2.) Breeders send their own surplus to the public Shelters. They are causing havoc for the many millions of animals who are Euthanized every year simply because there is not enough room or even tax payer finances [allocated by over-bloated Governments] to create a Shelter system that actually WORKS. Too many animals are killed rather than adopted…. and a lot of this has to do with Breeders. Don’t buy their twisted rhetoric, and certainly don’t buy an animal. ADOPT.

3.) Why would anyone attack Susan Marino, the Director of Angels Gate? This amazing Hospice for animals is one of only a handful in the USA, and they depend entirely on donations from the caring citizens who want to be part of the change they wish to see in this world.

4.) I have known Susan for quite some time now, and she is one of those very honorable, and wonderful persons who gives of her daily life to bring a place of rest and sanctuary to animals in need.

5.) Susan helped me with O’Neill, a beautiful, gray tiger cat whom I had helped rescue in 2004 off the streets of Brooklyn when his ignorant guardians threw him out in the middle of the Winter to fend for himself. Why would anyone be that pathetic, dysfunctional, and disrespectful to treat one of God’s creatures with such hatred? Where do all of the “Haters” come from?

6.) O’Neill lived out his life at Angels Gate since he had contracted Leukemia while he was trying his best to fend for himself in the cold, below freezing temperatures for way too long before I got the call to rescue him.
7.) It was an honor to have saved O’Neill. His big green eyes, his beautiful and kind spirit, his thankfulness and his resilience will always be with me for the rest of my life. I know he will be there to greet me at the gates of Heaven when my time comes…. and all of the amazing animals whose lives have touched me so gracefully will be there…. I am so honored to be living my life everyday with God’s messengers around me.

8.) Every time I look at the stars in the sky, I see the different colors of the eyes of the many animals whose spirits have passed from this world. I see green, blue, gold, yellow, amber…. they are like light houses in the sky to guide me, and to remind me of the ephemeralness of life, and the reason why I am here. Eternity awaits all living beings, and I believe you can choose, while here on Earth, what Eternity you deserve.

Please be a big advocate for animals in your everyday life. Be a hero when you are called [even when it’s not convenient, etc.] and say something, do something, be something today that could make all the difference for another living being.